Illustrations by: Scott Goto
Is it true that only boys can be farmers? In the book Heat Wave, one little girl from Kansas is confident that she has what it takes to be a farmer. When a huge heat wave hits the Kansas farmland, the young girl gets her chance to prove to her brother that she too can be a farmer. If it wasn't for the determined, quick-thinking farm girl, the livestock and crops would not have made it through the heat wave.
This book helps teachers teach their students that it is not all fun and games on a farm. Even though what happens to the animals and crops in this book is a little extreme, teachers can teach children about droughts and how they effect farms just like the little girl's farm in Kansas was effected by the heat wave. This book also lets us celebrate the farmers and ranchers who work so hard to keep up the our wonderful land.
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